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Legal Bill for Latham’s Homophobic Twitter Post to Cost $600,000

Latham’s tweet is about political rival Alex Greenwich, a prominent LGBTQI community advocate.
Legal Bill for Latham’s Homophobic Twitter Post to Cost $600,000
Former Labor leader Mark Latham speaks to media during a press conference in Bankstown, Sydney, Australia, Jan. 20, 2023. AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts
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4/3/2025|Updated: 4/4/2025

The cost of firebrand former Labor leader Mark Latham’s homophobic tweet about a political rival has more than tripled.

Independent NSW MP Alex Greenwich was awarded $140,000 in damages in September after he successfully sued the former federal opposition leader.

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